We are in the middle of a short but busy state legislative session, and today we have a roundup of five easy one-click actions from our allies. Each action should take less than a minute, and will help advance good, progressive legislation in Washington!
1. From the WA State Labor Council and AFLCIO: Click here to email your legislators to support HB 1893 allowing striking workers to access unemployment benefits and HB 1940 to ban captive audience meetings intended to disrupt union organizing: https://act.aflcio.org/letters/pass-two-bills-to-protect-washington-workers
2. From Climate Solutions: Click here to email your legislators to support transitioning to emissions-free school buses (HB 1368): https://climatesolutions.quorum.us/campaign/50243/
3. From Faith Action Network: Hold Oil Companies Accountable and Address Gas Prices. (HB 2232/SB 6052) would require oil industry transparency and accountability. Sign in ‘PRO’ here: https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/Add?chamber=Senate&mId=31680&aId=156755&caId=23031&tId=3
4. From Healthcare is a Human Right: HB 2066 HB 2066 would make it a Consumer Protection Act violation when big health systems use outsized market power to drive up prices for consumers through anticompetitive behavior in their negotiations with insurers. Click Here to Sign In Pro: https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/Add?chamber=House&mId=31659&aId=156566&caId=23171&tId=3
5. Also from Healthcare is a Human Right: HB 2119 Protects consumers from garnishments of earnings for judgments arising from medical debt. So many WA residents are living paycheck to paycheck, let’s make sure they can live without fear of having their paycheck garnished for medical debt: https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/Add?chamber=Senate&mId=31648&aId=156869&caId=23075&tId=3
